( Facebook: Marine Corps Recruiting Station Kansas City ) FOX NEWS - A 99-year-old Marine veteran earned a new medal this week -- to go along with the two Purple Hearts he was given for his actions during World War II -- after winning a long and tough battle against the coronavirus.
Max DeWeese, of Kansas City, wound up in the hospital and then a rehab facility after getting sick with COVID-19. He was discharged Thursday from Ignite Medical Resorts in Kansas City. Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and Weather “I’ve gone through hell more than once and this came almost as close,” DeWeese said, according to WSLS-TV.